Resources For Those Interested
Mainly for writing Yusef, but also because they’re interesting
Books:
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes - Tamim Ansary
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes - Amin Maalouf
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives - Carole Hillenbrand
The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades - Paul M. Cobb
A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period - Jamil M. Abun-Nasr
Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past - Firas Alkhateeb
Islam: History, Religion, and Politics Paperback – Tamara Sonn
Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past - Firas Alkhateeb
Moorish Spain - Richard Fletcher
The Rebel and the Imām in Early Islam: Explorations in Muslim Historiography - Najam Haider
The Mercenary Mediterranean: Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon - Hussein Fancy
The Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Cairo: A Social History of Islamic Education (Princeton Studies on the Near East)
Jewish Morocco: A History from Pre-Islamic to Postcolonial Times (Library of Middle East History)
An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire - Jamel Velji
The Almoravid and Almohad Empires - Amira K. Bennison
Islamic Imperialism: A History - Efraim Karsh
The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire - Amira K. Bennison
More Resources - Online/Free Options
Websites/downloadables:
The Crusades from the Perspective of Byzantium and the Muslim World, Angeliki E. Laiou, Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (click download to access full text)
The Islamic View and the Christian View of the Crusades: A New Synthesis
Revival: The Muslim Response to the Crusades
Islamic perspectives on the Crusades: Past and present
Understanding the Crusades from an Islamic perspective
Changing perspectives on the Crusades
Islamic Heritage Project, Harvard
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Yale University Library Near East Collection
Islamic and Middle East Studies - McGill
please reblog to signal boost!
Reblogging again to get this going. I’m upset to report that the OP had to deactivate his account because of assholes who saw fit to bully and harass him as well as send him death threats. 🤬 they should be reported!

























